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* Taken UpToEleven in ''Film/TheWrongGuy'', in which the innocent mark, on discovering the body, not only touches the murder weapon but pulls it out of the body, gets himself covered in the victim's blood, puts his fingerprints all over the crime scene, runs through the office carrying the murder weapon covered in blood, tries to drop the knife in an elevator only to get it handed back to him, and eventually ends up trying to throw it into a river only for it to land on a ''police boat''.

* Being a parody of Batman, it's fitting that ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}} does it in a Marvel crossover... ''twice''. First by "securing" the weapon used to kill an old ComicBook/{{Punisher}}'s relative, just in time for the latter to see him. After several pages of dodging bullets, he manages to escape only to "secure" a metal pipe used to beat a certain "Mrs May". Seconds before ComicBook/{{Spiderman}} enters the scene.

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* Being a parody of Batman, it's fitting that ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}} does it in a Marvel crossover... ''twice''. First by "securing" the weapon used to kill an old ComicBook/{{Punisher}}'s relative, just in time for the latter to see him. After several pages of dodging bullets, he manages to escape only to "secure" a metal pipe used to beat a certain "Mrs May". Seconds before ComicBook/{{Spiderman}} ComicBook/SpiderMan enters the scene.

* In the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' video "Meet the Spy", when the BLU Sniper's body is thrust on the table, the BLU Scout does the logical thing and pull out the ButterflyKnife in his back and start messing with it. [[spoiler: Of course, the BLU scout is actually the RED Spy in disguise, but the spirit of the meme is still there.]]

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* In the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' video "Meet the Spy", when the BLU Sniper's body is thrust on the table, the BLU Scout does the logical thing and pull out the ButterflyKnife in his back and start messing with it. [[spoiler: Of course, the BLU scout Scout is actually the RED Spy in disguise, but the spirit of the meme trope is still there.]]

* In book three of ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', Tyrion is falsely accused of poisoning Joffrey at a wedding feast where hundreds of people witness that he happened to be the closest person in proximity to the victim at the time, and also happened to be the one pouring the wine in question. It is later used against him that he was seen directly afterwards picking up the goblet of poisoned wine and pouring the contents out onto the ground, as well.

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* In book three of ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Tyrion is falsely accused of poisoning Joffrey at a wedding feast where hundreds of people witness that he happened to be the closest person in proximity to the victim at the time, and also happened to be the one pouring the wine in question. It is later used against him that he was seen directly afterwards picking up the goblet of poisoned wine and pouring the contents out onto the ground, as well.

* Occurs in one of the ''Literature/NancyDrew Files'' books, when Ned accidentally picks up the crowbar that was used to kill the victim. It doesn't help that he was seen arguing with the guy the day before.

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* Occurs in one of the ''Literature/NancyDrew Files'' books, when Ned accidentally picks up the crowbar that was used to kill the victim. It doesn't help that he was seen arguing with the guy the day before.before, and having just tripped and fallen, he looks as if he's been in a struggle--disheveled clothes, bloody lip.

* In the original ending of ''Film/FatalAttraction'', Alex slashes her throat with a knife previously handled by ex-lover Dan in an attempt to simultaneously commit suicide and frame him for murder.

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* Occurs in one of the ''Literature/NancyDrew Files'' books, when Ned accidentally picks up the crowbar that was used to kill the victim. It doesn't help that he was seen arguing with the guy the day before.

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** This inadvertently happened to his wife Laura several years prior. After being insulted by local pariah Damien Smith, Laura grabbed a baseball bat and tried to swing it at him, only to be stopped by Luke. Later that day, someone picked up that very same bat and used it to bash Damien's head in. As the person was wearing gloves, the only fingerprints to be found on the bat were Laura's, resulting in her being charged with his murder.

* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': In "The Fixer-Upper", Jessica's niece Victoria finds herself alone in a house with a dead body. Hearing someone coming, she picks up a fireplace poker to defend herself. Unfortunately, the poker turns out to be the murder weapon and she is holding it when the police arrive.

* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': Happens in "This Time and This Place". An Aboriginal teen finds a pistol discarded on the ground and picks it up. As he does so, the body of the murdered social worker is discovered and the lights are turned on, revealing him standing there with the gun in his hand.

* In ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'', [[EddieMurphy Axel]] is meeting with Uncle Dave, when he's interrupted by the BigBad, who shoots Dave (he gets better). He then hands the gun to Axel, who is initially reluctant to touch the weapon. The guy just shrugs and points out that the weapon belongs to Axel, so his prints are on it anyway. Axel manages to run away before he's shot.

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* In ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'', [[EddieMurphy [[Creator/EddieMurphy Axel]] is meeting with Uncle Dave, when he's interrupted by the BigBad, who shoots Dave (he gets better). He then hands the gun to Axel, who is initially reluctant to touch the weapon. The guy just shrugs and points out that the weapon belongs to Axel, so his prints are on it anyway. Axel manages to run away before he's shot.

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